Tunnel lining design & applications event success

Ilias Michalis has 22 years of experience, working as a Tunneling and Geotechnical expert in major infrastructure projects, including among others Athens and Thessaloniki Metros in Greece and Doha Metro in Qatar.

Ilias Michalis, Associate Technical Director, Arcadis was the featured speaker at the recent Learned Event in May.

Ilias Michalis

He is leading technically, the Geotechnical and Tunneling Design Team (Dubai) of Arcadis, holding the position of the Associate Technical Director, since December 2015. He has 22 years of experience, working as a Tunneling and Geotechnical expert in major infrastructure projects, including among others Athens and Thessaloniki Metros in Greece and Doha Metro in Qatar.

Ilias holds MSc in Soil Mechanics & Engineering Seismology from Imperial College UK, and has authored his PhD thesis on the topic of Tunnelling in Weak Rocks at the National Technical University of Athens.

Ilias is an author of more than 25 technical publications and has delivered until now 10 invited lectures to International and ME Regional Conferences on Tunneling, Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

During his presentation he used his experience and knowledge to cover the following areas: